The arts: general topics Books
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection American Art at Dumbarton Oaks
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Color Light Sight Sense
Book SynopsisAa classic color theory reference in Europe for several years, available now, for the first time, in English translation. The book is arranged to follow light from a stimulus outside the human body, through the reaction of the visual organs of the body and ultimately to the occurrence of the visual experience in the brain. Colorful schematic drawings and photographs presented with explanatory captions demonstrate many elements of color theory from the organization of color to the perception of a rainbow. Beyond as explanation of the actual processes, Mr Zwimpfer demonstrates the total relationship which takes the perception of color beyond a mere passive registering, such as in photography, to a three-dimensional perception of our world. The book will fascinate and inform artists, photographers, students and others who are interested in color theory.
£39.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd European Pendulum Clocks
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£49.49
Schiffer Publishing Ltd American Spoons
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£36.89
Schiffer Publishing Ltd FIGURATIVE CAST IRON A Collectors Guide Schiffer
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£25.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Aluminum Giftware
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd More Roycroft Art Metal
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Silver Hollowware for Dining Elegance
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£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Silver Masters of Mexico
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£39.09
Getty Publications Irises Vincent Van Gogh in the Garden
Book Synopsis. Vincent van Gogh painted Irises in the last year of his life, in the garden of the asylum at Saint-Remy, where he was recuperating from a period of mental illness. Featuring colour illustrations, this title presents a study of this Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings.Trade Review"How well he understood the exquisite nature of flowers!" - Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917) French art critic and first owner of Irises"
£16.14
Getty Trust Publications Masaccio Saint Andrew and the Pisa Altarpiece
Book SynopsisAn exploration of the Pisa Altarpiece, Masaccio's multi-panelled painting of which the Saint Andrew panel is thought to have once formed a part. It discusses Masaccio's short life and illustrious career; the commission of the altarpiece; its patron and programme; its original location; and more.
£16.14
Getty Publications Pontormo Portrait of a Halberdier Getty Museum
Book SynopsisIn this volume Elizabeth Cropper argues that the subject of Pontormo's "Portrait of a Halbardier" is Francesco Guardi. The book reveals the evidence and methods employed by scholars in attempting to answer questions about the people and places portrayed in works of art.
£21.33
Getty Publications Jan Steen The Drawing Lesson
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Getty Trust Publications Making Architecture The Getty Center Getty Publications Yale
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Getty Publications Athenian Vase Construction A Potter Analysis A
Book SynopsisAn analysis of Athenian vase construction, examining the composition and properties of the clay, forming techniques and surface treatments. The author discusses the traditional types of case shapes and there are photographs of ancient vases and contemporary practices.
£42.20
Getty Publications The Conservation of Archaeological Sites in the
Book SynopsisThe balance between conserving fragile ancient cultural sites and making them available to increasing numbers of visitors is one of the main themes of this book. Topics discussed include site management, the reconstruction of ancient buildings and ways of presenting sites for today's visitors.
£40.50
Getty Trust Publications Going to the Getty
Book SynopsisThis children's book takes a tour through the Getty Museum, adjacent gardens, conservation laboratories and other sites at the Getty Center. It features the colourful, humorous characters Milli Ennium, Quincy and their cohorts.
£15.19
Getty Trust Publications Learning in and Through Art A Guide to
Book SynopsisA completely revised edition providing a practical, straightforward guide to the theory and practice of discipline-based art education, explaining how DBAE draws content from the disciplines of art-making, art criticism, art history and aesthetics.
£18.04
Getty Trust Publications Representing the Passions Histories Bodies
Book SynopsisThrough a series of texts and images, this work explores how extreme sensations such as wonder, misery, ecstasy and rage have been portrayed at different times in Western culture. It covers multiple fields of creative endeavour and intellectual inquiry - from Descartes's writings to the Internet.
£30.00
Getty Trust Publications As I See It The Autobiography of J.Paul Getty
Book SynopsisThe autobiography of Jean Paul Getty, American oil executive, multimillionaire and art collector. Getty tells how he amassed his fortune, discusses the prospects of democracy, lists the seven things men should know about women, and recounts conversations at Oxford with the future King of England.
£16.14
Getty Trust Publications Looking at Glass
Book SynopsisRanging from ancient Roman moldmade glass to modern pressed glass, this glossary is a handy guide for museum-goers and anyone interested in the art of glassmaking.
£13.99
Getty Trust Publications Solvent Gels for the Cleaning of Works of Art
Book SynopsisCleaning and restoring works of art involves removing dirt from the surface and perhaps also unwanted layers of varnish, gilding and even paint. This volume discusses the use of gels in this delicate operation, the problem of residues, and formulating gels for specific cleaning tasks.
£33.25
Getty Publications Close to Home An American Album Getty Trust
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Getty Trust Publications Analysis of Modern Paints
Book SynopsisAlthough oil remains an important binding medium in artists' paints, today's synthetic resins are being used with increasing frequency. This was true during much of the twentieth century, when artists such as David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jackson Pollock, and Pablo Picasso used commercial or industrial paints based on synthetic resins.
£999.99
Getty Trust Publications Issues in the Conservation of Paintings
Book SynopsisThis volume on paintings conservation includes more than seventy texts ranging from the fifteenth century to the present day. Some are classic and highly influential writings; others, although little known when first published, in retrospect reflect important themes and issues in the history of the field. Many appear here in English for the first time, including translations of D. Vicente Polero y Toledo's 1855 essay Arte de la Restauracion (The Art of Restoration), and Victor Bauer-Bolton's treatise from 1914, Sollen fehlende Stellen bei Gemalden erganzt werden? (Should Missing Areas of Paintings Be Made Good?). The book is divided into six sections: An Historical Miscellany, History of the Profession, Study of Artists' Materials and Techniques, Structural Interventions, Philosophical and Practical Approaches to Cleaning and Restoration, and Cleaning Controversies. This is the second volume to appear in the Getty Conservation Institute's Readings in Conservation series, which pu
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Getty Trust Publications Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum V4
Book SynopsisA reference on all known aspects of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman cults and rituals. It delivers both a sweeping overview and an in-depth investigation from Homeric times (1000 BCE) to late Roman times (AD 400). It also includes illustrated scholarly articles that treat such topics as processions, sacrifices, libations, dedications, music, and dance.
£175.50
Getty Publications Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum V5
Book SynopsisA multivolume reference on all known aspects of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman cults and rituals. It includes illustrated scholarly articles in English, French, Italian, and German that treat such topics as processions, sacrifices, libations, dedications, purification, initiation, divination, prayer, asylum, maledictions, banquets, music, and dance.
£175.50
Getty Trust Publications Edward Weston Photographs from the J Paul Getty
Book SynopsisA colloquium discussion on the artist's work includes Abbott's contributions as well as those of six other participants: photographer William Clift; Amy Conger, author of Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography; David Featherstone, a freelance writer and editor;.
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Getty Publications In Focus Weegee Photographs form the J.Paul
Book SynopsisPresenting approximately fifty of the ninety-five "Weegee" prints in the Getty's collection, this book surveys the photographer's probing vision of life in New York. Each of which is accompanied by an introduction, a chronology, and commentary, and includes an edited transcript of a colloquium on his life and work.
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Getty Publications Milton Rogavin The Mining Photographs
Book SynopsisIn this later portraits, Milton Rogovin concentrated on the lives of coal miners as revealed at work and at home. This book presents more than one hundred of these direct and powerful images, usually in pairings that reveal Rogovin's unsentimental regard for men and women, whose dangerous work is shown to be only one part of their complex lives.
£45.00
Getty Trust Publications Tunisian Mosaics Treasures from Roman Africa
Book SynopsisProviding profiles of Tunisia's major mosaic sites, this title contains more than 130 full-colour photographs. It offers an introduction this region's mosaic art; also looking at the historical background of Roman Africa. It discusses the development of art in and around the Mediterranean.
£999.99
Getty Trust Publications Greeks of the Black Sea Ancient Art From the
Book SynopsisThe ancient Greeks were one of the most feared and respected sea-faring peoples of their era. One such area was the north coast of the Black Sea. This work is an illustrated collection of essays that explore the Grecian archeology of the Northern Black Sea region and its history, culture, and art - including sculpture, pottery, and gems.
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Getty Publications Historia General Del Piru and the Getty Murua
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Getty Trust Publications The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th Century
Book SynopsisTakes readers on a visual tour of the J Paul Getty Museum's sculpture gardens and installations, which feature twenty-eight works by such artists as: Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Fernand Leger, Roy Lichtenstein, Rene Magritte, Aristide Maillol, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Isami Noguchi, and others.
£42.75
Getty Trust Publications Advances in the Protection of Museum Collections
Book SynopsisFor nearly three decades, the J. Paul Getty Museum has played a leading role in the development of seismic mitigation for museum collections. Contributors to this volumeranging from museum conservators, mount makers, and historical archaeologists, to seismologists and structural engineersdiscuss and illustrate a wide variety of earthquake-mitigation efforts for collections, from the simple and inexpensive to the complex and costly. The book's essays examine the techniques applied to large collections and to small house museums, to exhibition cases containing objects as well as to monumental works of art and historical structures. Approaches range from securing and restraining objects to decoupling them from the ground through a variety of base-isolation mechanisms. These pioneering efforts have been developed in the face of significant challenges since, as any engineer, conservator, or mount maker who has undertaken this work can attest, a small sculpture can often be a far greater challenge to protect than a multistory building.
£58.50
Getty Trust Publications The Painters Voice The Restoration of Two Master
Book SynopsisIn 2001, two life-size animal portraits, Rhinoceros (1740) and Lion (1752), by French master Jean-Baptiste Oudry were recovered from the basement of a German museum where they had been stored for over a century. The years of neglect had taken a dramatic toll on the paintings, which were creased, torn, and deeply scarred. In 2003, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Staatliches Museum Schwerin were able to transport these treasures to the Getty Center for an ambitious conservation partnership. In the DVD The Painter's Voice: The Restoration of Two Master Paintings, acclaimed filmmaker William Friedkin, working with editor Darrin Navarro, follows the painstaking efforts of J. Paul Getty Museum conservators Mark Leonard and Tiarna Doherty to restore Oudry's original vision to Rhinoceros and Lion. These works, two of Oudry's largest, most resplendent paintings, were part of the exhibition Oudry's Painted Menagerie held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, May 1-September 2, 2007.
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Getty Trust Publications California Video Artists and Histories
Book SynopsisPublished to accompany a landmark exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum from March 15 through June 18, 2008, California Video presents the first comprehensive survey of the history of video art in California. Since the late 1960s, California artists have been at the forefront of an international movement that has expanded video into the realm of fine art. Whether designing complex video installations, devising lush projections, experimenting with electronic psychedelia, creating conceptual and performance art, generating guerilla video, or producing works that promote feminism and other social issues, these artists have utilized video technology to express revolutionary ideas. This illustrated volume focuses on fifty-eight artists, from early video pioneers such as John Baldessari, Bruce Nauman, and William Wegman, to Martha Rosler, Diana Thater, Bill Viola, and other established and emerging talents. Thirty-five recent interviews shed new light on these artists--their influences, creative processes, and impact. Together with commissioned essays, rare reprints, and unpublished video transcripts, California Video chronicles a distinctly West Coast aesthetic located within the broader history of video art.Trade Review"This volume provides a new context for well-known artists, offers overdue recognition for others, and shines a spotlight on emerging talents. A must."--Umbrella "California Video: Artists and Histories is a beautifully designed, compelling, and extensive compendium of some the very best of American video art."--The Bloomsbury Review "The scope of the research is commendable, and one of the great characteristics of the book is the pairing of the primary material of artist interviews with a thoughtful selection of essays."--Camerawork "This gorgeous, sumptuous, indispensable book is a guide to the work of California video artists such as Skip Arnold, Chris Burden, the Kipper Kids, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, and many, many others. . . . Lively, accessible, and stunningly designed, this is a work to return to again and again for fresh and unexpected insights into the burgeoning work of video art. Essential."--Choice "Excellent."--Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times "Captures, chapter by chapter, a time and place that smart curatorial forethought managed to record and the Getty was able to preserve. Recommended."--Library Journal The scope of the research is commendable, and one of the great characteristics of the book is the pairing of the primary material of artist interviews with a thoughtful selection of essays. Camerawork " Selected for 2008 AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers Choice Outstanding Academic Title This volume provides a new context for well-known artists, offers overdue recognition for others, and shines a spotlight on emerging talents. A must. Umbrella " California Video: Artists and Histories is a beautifully designed, compelling, and extensive compendium of some the very best of American video art. The Bloomsbury Review " Captures, chapter by chapter, a time and place that smart curatorial forethought managed to record and the Getty was able to preserve. Recommended. Library Journal " This gorgeous, sumptuous, indispensable book is a guide to the work of California video artists such as Skip Arnold, Chris Burden, the Kipper Kids, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, and many, many others. . . . Lively, accessible, and stunningly designed, this is a work to return to again and again for fresh and unexpected insights into the burgeoning work of video art. Essential. Choice " Excellent. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times " Excellent. Christopher Knight, "Los Angeles Times"" This volume provides a new context for well-known artists, offers overdue recognition for others, and shines a spotlight on emerging talents. A must. "Umbrella "" "California Video: Artists and Histories" is a beautifully designed, compelling, and extensive compendium of some the very best of American video art. "The Bloomsbury Review"" Captures, chapter by chapter, a time and place that smart curatorial forethought managed to record and the Getty was able to preserve. Recommended. "Library Journal"" The scope of the research is commendable, and one of the great characteristics of the book is the pairing of the primary material of artist interviews with a thoughtful selection of essays. "Camerawork"" This gorgeous, sumptuous, indispensable book is a guide to the work of California video artists such as Skip Arnold, Chris Burden, the Kipper Kids, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, and many, many others. . . . Lively, accessible, and stunningly designed, this is a work to return to again and again for fresh and unexpected insights into the burgeoning work of video art. Essential. "Choice"" "The scope of the research is commendable, and one of the great characteristics of the book is the pairing of the primary material of artist interviews with a thoughtful selection of essays."--"Camerawork " ""California Video: Artists and Histories" is a beautifully designed, compelling, and extensive compendium of some the very best of American video art."--"The Bloomsbury Review" Choice Outstanding Academic Title "Captures, chapter by chapter, a time and place that smart curatorial forethought managed to record and the Getty was able to preserve. Recommended."--"Library Journal" "This volume provides a new context for well-known artists, offers overdue recognition for others, and shines a spotlight on emerging talents. A must."--"Umbrella " Selected for 2008 AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers "This gorgeous, sumptuous, indispensable book is a guide to the work of California video artists such as Skip Arnold, Chris Burden, the Kipper Kids, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, and many, many others. . . . Lively, accessible, and stunningly designed, this is a work to return to again and again for fresh and unexpected insights into the burgeoning work of video art. Essential."--"Choice" "Excellent."--Christopher Knight, "Los Angeles Times"
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Getty Trust Publications The Prayer Book of Charles the Bold A Study of a
Book SynopsisIn January 1469, the accounts of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy (reigned 1467-77) record a payment to the noted scribe Nicolas Spierinc 'for having written...some prayers for my lord.' This study presents an argument suggesting that the documents refer to the exquisite prayer book of Charles the Bold.
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Getty Publications The Digital Print Identification and
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Getty Trust Publications Seeing the Getty Collections at the Getty Center
Book SynopsisFeaturing works of art from the legendary collections of the J Paul Getty Museum, this volume provides readers with a virtual tour through the Getty Centre - suitable for those who have visited in person and those who have not.
£11.77
Getty Trust Publications Looking at Paintings
Book SynopsisA guide to the technical terms most commonly used in painting. It presents explanations of the technical terms most often encountered by art enthusiast, visitors to galleries, and museum goers. It also pays special attention to the processes and methods of painting conservation, and offers definitions and examples of materials and techniques.
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Getty Trust Publications Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils Telling the
Book SynopsisThis catalogue explores the workings of Rembrandt's studio in the form of drawings made by the master himself and fifteen of his pupils.Trade Review"The challenging task of separating the master's work from pupils is handled with diligence, good judgment, and a freshness of approach."--Historians of Netherlandish Art "Hands down one of the sexiest museum publications in recent memory."--KCRW's Art Talk The challenging task of separating the master s work from pupils is handled with diligence, good judgment, and a freshness of approach. "Historians of Netherlandish Art" """ Hands down one of the sexiest museum publications in recent memory. KCRW s "Art Talk" """ "The challenging task of separating the master's work from pupils is handled with diligence, good judgment, and a freshness of approach."--"Historians of Netherlandish Art""" "Hands down one of the sexiest museum publications in recent memory."--KCRW's "Art Talk""" "Hands down one of the sexiest museum publications in recent memory."-KCRW's "Art Talk" ""
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Getty Publications Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils Telling the
Book SynopsisRembrandt was the most famous painter of the Dutch Golden Age, and the opportunity to work in his studio attracted young artists for nearly four decades, until the master's death in 1669. Illustrated throughout, this volume explores the workings of Rembrandt's studio in the form of drawings made by the master himself and fifteen of his pupils.
£40.50
Getty Trust Publications Printing the Grant Manner Charles Le Brun and
Book SynopsisThe brilliant age of Louis XIV saw the creation of a collection of unusually large prints - some of which measure as much as fifteen square feet when assembled. This title presents a survey of the print works of Charles Le Brun, and court painter to Louis XIV.
£42.75
National Gallery of Art,Washington Decorative Arts Part II Far Eastern Ceramics and
Book SynopsisFocuses on Chinese ceramics from the Qing period, including earthenware, stoneware, and polychrome porcelain. This title catalogues rugs and carpets from the collection of Peter A B Widener.
£67.50
National Gallery of Art,Washington American Paintings of the 19th Century Part II
Book SynopsisCatalogues more than one hundred works that are devoted to the National Gallery of Art's holdings of 19th-century American paintings. Featuring works of Thomas Sully, John Singer Sargent, and James McNeill Whistler, this collection also includes John Quidor's "The Return of Rip van Winkle" and Albert Pinkham Ryder's "Siegfried".
£141.95
Power Publications Ends of Painting
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Power Publications Vivienne Binns
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